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2008 Presidential General Election Results
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Presidential
Candidate
Vice Presidential
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
Barack H. Obama
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Democratic
997,773
60.59%
7
John S. McCain, III
Sarah Palin
Republican
629,428
38.22%
0
Ralph Nader
Matt Gonzalez
Independent
19,162
1.16%
0
Other (
+
)
-
-
430
0.03%
0
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Election Notes:
Official Results list Obama as receiving 997,772 votes. Added one vote for Obama in the Town of Durham (Middlesex County) per Town Clerk
Demographic Data
2010 Population:
3,574,097
Enum.
2010 Population Density:
284.8
persons/km
2
2008 Population:
3,545,579
Est.
2008 Population Density:
282.6
persons/km
2
2000 Population:
3,405,565
Enum.
2000 Population Density:
271.4
persons/km
2
Total Electoral Vote:
7
Electoral Vote Density:
506,511
persons/EV
Land Area (2000):
12,548
km
2
Annual Pop Growth Rate:
0.5
%
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Data Sources:
Source for Popular Vote data: State of Connecticut Secretary of State.
11/04/2008-General Election Results Presidential Electors for Summarized by Town
, State of Connecticut Secretary of State ( ) (accessed 16 Dec 2008)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
Results for and Individual County:
Fairfield County
Hartford County
Litchfield County
Middlesex County
New Haven County
New London County
Tolland County
Windham County
Primary Documentation:
2008 Certificate of Ascertainment
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